Monthly Archives: July 2012

A reminder for the QFIesta 2012 Quizzes happening this weekend at IIT Madras.

Please find the poster attached. Kindly circulate the email to people and groups that you think might be interested.

Two teaser questions from the “Travel, Tourism and Adventure” quiz by Team Obama Sathyabama (Shiv, Ramkey and Udupa)
The so called “Around the World in 80 Questions” quiz. Be there!

1) The full official name of this colossal icon of freedom is ‘X Enlightening the World’, but it is commonly referred to as just ‘Y of X’. Solve for X and Y.
2) Which UNESCO World Heritage Site, one of the most visited archaeological sites in the Americas with an estimated 1.2 million tourists visiting the ruins every year, entered the popular
imagination in 1843 with the book “Incidents of Travel in Yucatan” by John Lloyd Stephens?

In keeping with the awesome modern trend of inflating a single
flagship quiz into a happily obese weekend of quizzing — we’re
looking at you, bearded one! — the Quiz Foundation of India-Chennai
and the IIT Madras Quiz Club will jointly host their first two-day
orgy of quizzing on Saturday and Sunday, July 28-29, 2012. Every one
of the six quizzes spread over the weekend is open to all comers —
including contenders from Dhaka, who will be happy to learn that these
are, by design, team quizzes. QFI-Chennai’s best and brightest —
along with a couple of imports from Bangalore, and celebrity
quizmasters from Dubai and Singapore — will set quizzes on a diverse
set of topics, ranging from Rajinikanth movies to Soundarya
Rajinikanth movies.

Please do set aside that weekend to travel to Chennai from wherever
you are and join us for these celebrations.
Travel fares will not be re-imbursed, but we are willing to forge
signatures on invoices that make it look as if you travelled for work.
Accommodation is cheap and plentiful, in mansions all over Triplicane.

Venue for all quizzes: The IIT Madras Central Lecture Theatre
(air-conditioned!!), courtesy of the IIT Madras Quiz Club
Teams for all quizzes: Up to three members per team
Prizes for all quizzes: Quite possibly
Entry fee for all quizzes: Rs 100
The schedule is as follows:

9 am-12:30 pm – Music Quiz (conducted by Vijay Sarathy and Ashwin)
1:30 pm-2:30 pm – Written Cricket Quiz (conducted by Sankhya “I Only
Wake Up To Mother Mega-Whats” Krishnan and — so that you don’t have
to compete against him — “Wisden” Sreeram)
3 pm-7:30 pm – The QFI Open (conducted by team QED)

We will certainly start on time on both days, and we will endeavour to
finish by 7:30 pm as well. But teams planning to leave Chennai on
Sunday night may want to book the last flight / train available, just
in case. The venue, IIT Madras, is not far from the airport, but it is
something of a schlep to the railway station, so budget at least 45
minutes to get to Chennai Central by auto-rickshaw.

This is to invite you to the QFI meeting to be held this Sunday (July 22, 2012).

The meeting will feature the ACE Quiz held in ISB, Hyderabad recently by Asha. The quiz has been set by various KCircle and QFI quizzers such as Bhargava, Ravi Mundoli and Anil. The quiz will conducted for us by Anil. Don’t miss this one!

We will be having this meeting on Sunday morning from 9:30 AM onwards. Do bring pen and paper as there might be written rounds in the quizzes.

Those who are interested in taking up a QFI membership can do so at the meeting. Our annual membership fee is Rs. 150. Members get access to an exclusive mailing list on which quizzes from our meetings are circulated.

This is to invite you to the QFI meeting to be held this Sunday (July 8, 2012.)

The meeting will feature the finals of Asha quiz by the Bay Area Quiz Club. The quiz will be conducted by Gaurav Sundararaman. Don’t miss this one!

We will be having this meeting on Sunday morning from 9:30 AM onwards. Do bring pen and paper as there might be written rounds in the quizzes.

Those who are interested in taking up a QFI membership can do so at the meeting. Our annual membership fee is Rs. 150. Members get access to an exclusive mailing list on which quizzes from our meetings are circulated.